This Article  • Full text  • PDF  • Send to a friend  • Save in My Folder  • Save to citation manager  • Permissions  Citing Articles  • Contact me when this article is cited  Related Content  • Similar articles in JAMA  Topic Collections  • Pediatrics  • Neonatology and Infant Care  • Women's Health  • Pregnancy and Breast Feeding  • Endocrine Diseases  • Diabetes Mellitus  • Alert me on articles by topic  Social Bookmarking   What's this?

Bridget M. Kuehn

JAMA. 2009;302(20):2194.

	Since this article does not have an abstract, we have provided the first 150 words of the full text and any section headings.

Treating women with mild gestational diabetes may lower the risk of large infants, shoulder dystocia, cesarean delivery, or elevated maternal blood pressure, according to a study funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

New findings indicate that women with mild gestational diabetes may benefit from dietary changes, monitoring their blood glucose levels, and, when necessary, taking insulin. (Photo credit: Cordelia Molloy/www.sciencesource.com)

The randomized trial included 958 women who met criteria for mild gestational diabetes who were randomly assigned to a treatment group (dietary intervention, self-monitoring of blood glucose, and insulin when indicated), or to a control group (usual prenatal care) (Landon MB et al. N Engl J Med. 2009;361[14]:1339-1348). There was no significant difference between the groups in the study's primary outcome measure, which was a composite of mortality or morbidities in the infant, including hyperbilirubinemia, hypoglycemia, or . . . [Full Text of this Article]

CiteULike    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter     What's this?